The good, the ad, the ugly
Do you have NOPQ? If so, ask your doctor about Nopquease. I can t tell you how many times I ve watched commercials for medicine on TV without ever figuring out what malady the medicine is supposed to cure. Do you have shortness of breath? Loss of ea...
 3.1K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 59.0 Scientists seek origins of obesity in the womb
NEW YORK When Kathy Perusse had weight-loss surgery and shed 120 pounds, she may have done more than make her own life easier. She went on to have two daughters, and she may have boosted their chances of avoiding becoming obese, like her two older ...
6.4K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 1000.0 Runner. Teacher. Singer?
Doug Veysey wasn t even a runner until five years ago. Since then, he has run seven marathons and qualified for the prestigious Boston Marathon. And last week the Myrtle Point teacher was presented the 2009 Governor s Fitness Leadership Award. It s p...
2.9K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 59.0 Column: New group lobbies for community sports funding
If the high school and youth sports programs in your town aren t already having trouble paying their bills, they will soon. And if that doesn t sound like headline-worthy news in this battered economy, just wait. You ll have your pick of headlines fr...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 94.0 Nations no longer counting pandemic flu cases; last US estimate in July, stuck at 1 million
ATLANTA (AP) U.S. health officials have lost track of how many illnesses and deaths have been caused by the first global flu epidemic in 40 years. And they did it on purpose. Government doctors stopped counting swine flu cases in July, when they es...
1.2K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 59.0 Treating diabetes can benefit baby, mom
NEW YORK (AP) Treating even mild diabetes that develops during pregnancy helps keep moms and babies from gaining too much weight and makes for easier deliveries, new research shows. Pregnant women in the U.S. are routinely tested and treated for hi...
4.1K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 94.0 Nation needs a soda tax
If government can levy taxes on tobacco to generate not only revenue, but confer public health benefits with respect to smoking rates, why not apply the same principle to taxing sugary soft drinks to raise funds for health-care reform? Obviously, the...
1.0K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 94.0 Class tackles prostate cancer myths
Talking about prostates might invoke giggles and inappropriate jokes, but this little word also is associated with cancer. On Sept. 22, Bay Area Hospital's oncology staff hopes to raise awareness about prostate cancer in two workshops. The prostate i...
1.9K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 59.0 Teen lit is alive with positive characters of size
Like never before, teen lit is alive with plus-size characters who take on their school tormenters and get the guy, soaking up self-esteem as football heroes and big-girl models. While fat may not be the new vampire, the uptick comes at just the righ...
4.0K - Aug. 28, 2009; scored 309.0 Fit Families gives kids, parents tools to eat right
Help a child. Change a family. In a nutshell, that is what dietitians at Bay Area Hospital hope to do with the Fit Families program that kicks off in September. The program is designed to help children and their families eat better, exercise more and...
3.0K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 119.0 Nation needs to talk prevention
Just as the national debate over health-care reform enters a critical stage, along comes a national study pointing out obesity adds $147 billion every year to the cost of health care. Americans consume an average of 250 more calories per day...
0.8K - Aug. 17, 2009; scored 59.0 Vegetable truck pushes nutrition in Detroit
DETROIT In a neighborhood served by 26 liquor stores but only one grocery, a community group is peddling fresh fruits and vegetables like ice cream. Five days a week, the Peaches Greens truck winds its way through the streets as a loudspeaker pla...
5.4K - Aug. 11, 2009; scored 119.0 New study finds rise in student injuries in gym class
CHICAGO Injuries to American children during physical education classes increased by 150 percent from 1997-2007, a new study finds. Yet that may have less to do with lively gym programs than with lack of adult supervision, experts said. A decline i...
2.5K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 59.0 Obesity costs double to $147B
WASHINGTON Obesity's not just dangerous, it's expensive. New research shows medical spending averages $1,400 more a year for an obese person than for someone who's normal weight. Overall obesity-related health spending reaches $14...
2.5K - Jul. 27, 2009; scored 565.0 NZ researchers implanting pig cells in humans as experimental treatment for diabetes
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A New Zealand biotech company began a trial Thursday of an experimental treatment for diabetes in which cells from newborn pigs will be implanted into eight human volunteers. Living Cell Technologies hopes the cells ma...
3.0K - Jul. 24, 2009; scored 59.0 Flu chief: Pandemic in early stages
GENEVA The global swine flu epidemic is still in its early stages, even though reports of more than 100,000 infections in England alone last week are plausible, the World Health Organization's flu chief said today. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's Assistant Dir...
4.8K - Jul. 24, 2009; scored 59.0 Study labels blacks as most obese racial group
ATLANTA Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese much more than other major racial or ethnic groups and that gap exists in most states, a new federal study finds. About 29 percent of Hispanics and 24 percent of whites are obese, the Cente...
2.8K - Jul. 20, 2009; scored 589.0 Prevention is key in health care
Guest editorial Decreasing demand for medical treatment through lifestyle choices is included in any serious discussion of managing health care spending. But as a debate over health care rages across the country, a new report on obesity shows America...
1.2K - Jul. 13, 2009; scored 139.0 Clinic will give area a taste of hockey
There won t be any ice, but big-time hockey players are coming to Coos Bay this week to put on a clinic for South Coast boys and girls. The Winterhawks Amateur Hockey Association is holding a floor hockey clinic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the...
2.6K - Jul. 11, 2009; scored 59.0 Researchers hope to slow down Type 1
PITTSBURGH The doctor had barely pulled away the needle when a blister appeared on Tracey Berg-Fulton s abdomen: An experimental shot was revving up the 24-year-old s immune system part of a bold quest to create a vaccine-like therapy for diabetes...
5.4K - Jul. 6, 2009; scored 59.0 | 
